My daughter was given a rat, it recently had eye surgery - stitches coming undone.?

Question

A few days ago my brother in law gave my daughter a rat. It recently had eye surgery about 2-3 weeks ago and one eye removed. The socket is closed up with some very small clear/white dissolvable stitches that are starting to either come undone or unravel. I can't get ahold of him to ask what to do and am a little nervous about messing with it, but the string is pretty long to where she can chew on it. Should we pull it out or maybe trim it?

I can't help but feel a little freaked out, although this is our responsibility now.

Otherwise from what I can tell, the socket looks healed. It's closed, no drainage.

Answer 1

Two or three weeks is plenty enough time to heal. You can trim it. It's probably about ready to come off. Sometimes they don't always dissolve.  

Answer 2

Trim it so it is too short for her to pull on, then don't worry about it.  Rats heal very quickly anyways, and 3 weeks is plenty of time for them to be over a surgery.  

Answer 3

If surgery was 2-3 weeks ago, the wound is pretty much healed.  You said the stitches are dissolvable, so they will disintegrate on their own.  If there is a string hanging off, I would cut it short so as not to create irritation.  Otherwise, you can leave well enough alone.